Spring

I haven't posted for ages. Partly from business, partly from laziness, and party because sometime I get discourage when my blog doesn't look as nice/professional as other peoples' and my photos are crappy. Really I just want lovely, high quality, photos, but my camera is not great and I sometimes I just feel like why bother?

But it is spring and I felt the need to get the old Halloweenish color scheme off of here and at least post something!

I decided that since my point and shoot camera photos aren't much better than the ones my phone takes I might as well just take more pictures with my phone since all my google accounts are connected and I can upload them directly to blog posts instantly without having to worry about plugging my camera in, downloading them, etc.

So without further ado here are a couple random photos that I found on my phone of recent events.

It is Renaissance Festival season here in Arizona! I have already been twice and am planning to go a third time before it is over. The first time I went I dressed up in my TARDIS costume. I got lots of compliments and bawdy jests. I also got an invitation by one of the higher ups to work there next year, which I think I really want to do! It would be so fun to dress up every day and camp out with other employees at night. Hopefully it will actually work out.

Anyway, I don't have any pictures of me, but here are some other Arizona Renaissance Festival related photos (It is their 25th anniversary this year and is an amazing festival, I highly recommend going if you are in the area):

While purchasing a cup of mead I heard some raucous yelling of "King in da norf!" so I had to hunt down this young Stark lad for a photo.

Continuing in the Song of Ice and Fire theme, I am hoping to be Daenerys for Comic-Con this year and purchased three of these adorable dragons in the appropriate colors to add to my costume.

Here is me and a girl I ran into who was dressed as the Doctor. I guess she had the same idea that since we travel in time we could easily be in the Renaissance!

Here we have Mister B eating the necessary turkey legg (when you spell it with two Gs it makes it old timey), the turkey legs and the joust are his favorite parts of the festival. Also, he got a few jeers for supporting House Lannister, but to be fair their lion sigil is pretty cool.

And unrelated to the festival, but still adorable, here are a couple shots of my furs with various cozy blankets.

They only just tolerate each other which is why when Mal jumped up right next to her, LC had that "What the hell?" look on her face.

Well there you have it. They aren't great photos, but they are easy enough that maybe I will update here more often!

Catching Up

Well I just got back from Comic-Con 2012, woot! It is seriously so much fun and so many amazing things happen. This year I got to meet Joss Whedon! Anyway more on that later. In this post I just want to share a few things that have happened since the last post.

First of all if you are wondering what happened with Lewis, why he turned into a beautiful butterfly of course!

I also went to Texas for a work trip (saying I went on a work trip makes me feel all grown up!) Anyway I ate a lot of delicious things there like these:

A huge baked potato with pulled pork on it.

The best margarita I have ever had, seriously. They said it was cucumber, but I think it had pineapple juice in it too.

A hamburger with pulled pork on it. Notice a theme?

Also a few other summery things happened.

My front area is doing great, the bougainvillea is growing, the oranges are ripening, and the best part is my flower seeds are flourishing because of the storms we have been having. I am super excited about these seeds because they were sent to me by Miss Vanessa from A Fanciful Twist. They are from her very own garden and so are extra special!

That is all for now. I will try to get back soon with Comic-Con photos and such!

Lewis And Other Happenings

Meet Lewis:

Lewis is a caterpillar. He seems mild-mannered, but if you try to pet him watch out....

He gets a bit miffed. 

Now Lewis looks like this:

I am taking good care of him and hopefully someday he will turn into a beautiful butterfly (black swallowtail I have discovered). Updates on Lewis to come.

Other things that have happened while I haven't been updating this semester. I already mentioned that I just graduated.

We also moved. We still live in Tucson, just in a different house. I love our new place, it is super roomy with crazy amounts of storage and cupboards. Everything is a bit outdated and retro in kind of an ugly cute way. And there are both a walled in front entry and an enclosed porch and walled back yard. The front area has an orange tree and a lovely bougainvillea! Oh also one of the best parts is it has three bedrooms. That means one for sleeping, one for Mister B, and one for me! I love having my own little room to hide out in and decorate however I please. I am hoping to take pictures of all my favorite bits of the house to share, but here is a picture of Mal in the front with the bougainvillea.

Since I no longer have school I have also just started to have time to garden. I will be posting pictures of all my little baby sproutlings soon.

It sure is good to be back folks!

Tea Party And Oktoberfest

Well as usual I slacked off and didn't get a post up before I went on my trip this last weekend and then when I got back I got sick and so have been out for a few days. Anyhoo, here is some stuff that I wanted to post before I left. I don't have many pictures of the trip, they are mostly of the concert, but I can post some of those later if anyone is interested.

Fall inspired food and a mini fall tea party are delightful this time of year.

Oktoberfest on Mt. Lemmon.

New canisters from Goodwill, baking, and a furry who can't have any cookies.

AZ Critters And Sunsets

I am still trying to play catchup and share some of the photos that I took during my little hiatus. Today is a few animal friends and Arizona sunsets. Next post will be pictures from my grand canyon trip, and there are lots!